yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Accessories] FcoT:
Hello, I second that. I had these antennas for a couple years. I never found the antenna connection on the last couple phones I had, so I never even cared to pull the rubber plug, but it is indeed the antenna plug, these antennas work great, special during long drives, or for when I visit relatives who live in the woods, with a very weak signal. Thanks!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] junjlo:
nope not covering a screw i double checked
[Thunderbolt Accessories] geoff5093:
I would never hook up an external antenna to a phone again. I did it once with my old Samsung Epix, and while it improved the signal when I disconnected the antenna I lost all service, so my phone was basically useless after connecting it.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] avatar120:
What about a signal repeater, my office uses them and they work great! our corp office is outside of town so weak signal. Get to work and go inside you get full bars - kinda weird when you notice it. They are place on windows on every floor look just like the external antenna but only have a power cord coming off it.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Jaxidian:
We have one of these at my work as well. Great signal outside, but not so much in the basement of the building. As soon as we moved into that building, getting one of these installed was a top priority of mine. It made a HUGE difference, although mostly for non-VZW!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] LAMPEY:
external antenna

Search U.FL on wikipedia

That appears to be the connector under the rubber plug on a thunderbolt.

I cant find any that just go straight except ipx connectors at rfconnector.com

Does connecting an external antenna affect the internal one at all?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] mike.s:
The TB jack is not a Hirose U.FL. It looks more like a MS-156.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Superthrust:
edit: Sorry, i forgot to hit the "yes this is a question" box :(

So, im trying to root my new Thunderbolt so i can make it verMYzon.

Anyways, cheesy things aside, while using the thread at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=996616 it says "Note, ADB required."

What really does that mean and where can i get it for my Windows 7 / Thunderbolt combo?

The only root method i know is the ancient forms of one click with original cm and a G1 :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DamianGto:
Try download android sdk ;-)

**DamianGTO ultimate kernel v1.3 * 600Hz * 346MB RAM * OC/UV * 1280MHZ**
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Superthrust:
Thanks! You helped out a bit!

Now im setting up everything and following the guides...but, All i really want root for is to get rid of the MASSIVE amount of bloat and make backups.

And of course later, get rid or change this unpersonalizable "personalize" button...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nicandris:
root is another story ;) what device do you own? adb can indeed remove bloatware but your device need to be rooted to work
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Superthrust:
Im using the Thunderbolt. I got it rooted last night, but due to a defective unit or something, my phone wouldn't accept my transferred number from Tmobile to Verizon. I now have a new phone and will not be rerooting. Maybe i did something wrong? kept saying "phone could not be authenticated at this time..." when i tried calling someone.

But also, all md5 sums were correct. I just wanna get rid of these stupid games i wont use, and maybe a cool looking rom. but my top priority is CHANGE THIS STUPID PERSONALIZE BUTTON to something useful...Like quick access to camera.

Actually...if someone could help me just change it to a quick access to camera INSTEAD of "personalize" using the stock rom, that would be great...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Protocol 7:
You might want to brew yourself a cup of coffee -- or an ocean for that matter. You see, the Thunderbolt comes with a signature check to make sure that you are running HTC's key. So custom ROMs might take awhile

I could be, of course, saying this like an idiot; I haven't read my feeds in the past week and I'm too exhausted to check. It's a possibility that this has changed. I will delete my post if someone proves me right. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Superthrust:
You know, i liked your response. I understand what youre getting at, but i mean, if there is a mod i can attach to the STOCK rom just to repurpose the personalize button, i'd love to try testing it.

Plus...I might have a lead on the sig check key...if anyone looks closely...its surprisingly similar to one we've seen before of a terribad phone...but due to an issue, i need to reinstall a "better" SDK or something to help test since my new laptop don't like linux :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Protocol 7:
Try going to Settings > Applications > Quick Launch you might find something there :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Superthrust:
I dont see quick launch under Applications...

Settings>Applications>"Unknown Sources, Manage Applications, Running Services, Development, Fast Boot"
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genaro12543:
I don't know what's going on but all of a sudden any notification I get from facebook actually shows up in my status bar. But I dont know what I did for it to do that and can't figure out how to get it working on my gfs fascinate. Any idea what could make this happen?

I got superclean 2.9 I believe with nitros hc theme on top
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mzrdisi:
I'll attest to this. Suddenly this morning, notifications were working. It was odd.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genaro12543:
Ooooo maybe they're starting to roll out push notifications for us android users finally. Reminds me of my blackberry :)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dread This Day:
Yes, it is simply Facebook trying to get the Push notifications working. Mine randomly have been working for a couple of months. But only here and there, they are having a hell of a time with it for some reason.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realorasz:
So I kind of need help. I wanted to mess around with combining features from my existing arc style framework apk from I think it was J, maybe go3asy, and from the froshedblue. I used root explorer and pasted froshed's apk over the existing one in a bout of frustration and had to reboot because everything was fcing. what I want from froshed is the black menu, the volume dialog, the 'busy' ring animation, the text box border, and the popups on the keyboard and in general(minus the icon style I.e. in the reboot dialog). The rest I want from the arc style framework, including checkboxes, buttons in call screen etc. Ill have a link to the thread soon. Can anyone please help?

EDIT: Ok I have the pngs I want from froshedblue. My problem is, I dont currently have a working computer, not to mention the theme I want stuff from(froshedblue) is made mdpi, and the included framework with Wolfbreak's CM ROM V054 is hdpi. How would I be able to make them work? Because I know its possible, (otherwise froshedblue would not be able to work, being mdpi on our hdpi x10's.) but I don't know how. Can anyone help me, or better yet can anyone teach me how to theme or tell me where to go to learn? Thanks in advance.

From my X10a running Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V054
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realorasz:
To Froshed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948701

To Arc: http://www.mediafire.com/?45e20c8122h2e50

Sent from my X10a running CM 6.1.3 V4.4
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realorasz:
Sorry, I was a dummy. I found the thread with the how to, but I still don't have a working computer.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realorasz:
OK, my question now is would it break the framework if I just pasted the pngs in that I want, from froshedblue to tue v054? Is there some xml somewhere that is the reason the mdpi pngs work on the hdpi x10?
[Thunderbolt General] Bigandrewgold:
Since i am getting this phone tomorrow i am wondering what should i do when i first get this phone. Like should I throw it on a charger or something?
[Thunderbolt General] craighwk:
Sure. And go to the Market.
[Thunderbolt General] DJ_Colo:
If I were you, the first thing I would do is turn it on...
[Thunderbolt General] jamone820:
Opening the box would be a good start as well. Personally the first thing I did was throw ADW EX on my Tbolt. Then setup email/facebook/twitter.

Sent from my ADR6400L
[Thunderbolt General] javawolfpack:
The first thing I did was link my gmail account as it has all my contacts... I would also recommend rebooting your phone immediately after setting it up (should fix the known txt message glitch).
[Thunderbolt General] strongergravity:
Seriously, The battery is pretty low out of the box.

If you have already owned an Android Phone with froyo, I would definitely charge it (or at least have it plugged in) before you sign in to your Google account. Once you log in it will automatically re-download your apps.

If you have never owned an android then it won't download a bunch of apps. Feel free to log in and play a few minutes, but then feed it the juice.

If you are planning on rooting, I would suggest that you play for a bit to make sure it works, charge it (make sure it is fully charged before you start the process), then go ahead & root it. Otherwise, all the tweaking & downloading you do before you root will have to be redone.

Enjoy!
[Thunderbolt General] JDawg68:
I was impatient to get started, and only charged for about an hour. I then left it plugged in while I set everything up. Have I just ruined my battery? And doesn't rooting wipe everything anyway?
[Thunderbolt General] Cg006:
Apply Screen Protector>(plug in to charge)Turn on>Set Gmail up>dig through the phones settings to get familiar with it> then hit the market place once you're familiar with the OS
[Thunderbolt General] strongergravity:
You've done no harm to the battery. It will take a few charging cycles for it to settle in, and then you can do a "battery calibration" where you charge fully, wipe your battery stats, reboot & fully drain (until it shuts itself off). Like I said, no hurry on that - Give it a couple of weeks.
[Thunderbolt General] Studsted:
Rooting

After rooting, will it reinstall you apps as well or do you get to do that bit of joy again?
[EVO 4G General] eeeeeeeeek:
So, with the slow down in rom releases and updates due to stable builds that require nothing more. I thought I'd share the rom that I will be using for more then a day or too...I'm thinking long term here. I've found that I really enjoy ACS roms, Jaimie, King and settling on Koni III. I really like the stability, speed and options for customizing. I've found Koni III provides everything that other ACS roms have, except I really like the coloring and icons. They are smooth and everything functions normally. So i'm kind of freaking out, because now I have to use my phone like a normal person :eek: am I alone?
[EVO 4G General] zeemann77:
Try making, or tweeking Icons (I prefer tweeking) on Photo Shop, or Gimp. I find that it helps with the downtime. This really does suck tho! :D
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I'm not sure what everyone means by 'slowdown in rom releases'. I can't keep up with the new releases! Just off the top of my head, in the past few days, we have seen new releases of : salvage mod. Savaged Zen. MIuI. Dark cocoa. Elite III. Virus airbourne. Destroyer sequel. Evervolv nightlies. Cm nightlies. King cocoa. Unleashed R3. Kings gingerbread rom. And there are more. So, inform me how that equates to a shortage?! Haha, I literally can't keep up with trying g them all out!!!
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Agreed! Just in the past week we've had like 4 completely different aosp rom releases. All of which are phenomenal and have different things to offer... If your not into aosp, then yes, rom development has slown down a ton on sense, but thats ecpected when you have ideal developers who work there ass's off for perfection
[EVO 4G General] jakerzi:
What's the big difference in ASOP? Sorry, new to this :p
[EVO 4G General] lulzvirus:
Constantly reflashing a phone is annoying.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
There's even been recent sense releases, in the past couple days. There's konis elite III, dark cocoa, king cocoa, and Vaelpak 3.2 .

To answer your question, AOSP (android open source project) is straight android, no HTC sense, bloatware from sprint. Avg sense rom = 180-210mb. Avg AOSP rom = 60-80mb. AOSP doesn't have any of the HTC Widgets, and has different dialer, email, and contacts apps (among other differences throughout the rom) . I suggest trying it out if you're bored. You'll always just be a nandroid restore away from sense!
[EVO 4G General] eeeeeeeeek:
AOSP

I love aosp, but i'm not ready for gingerbread and 6.1.2 just won't due! I agree flashing is annoying but addicitng, sad sad techie world I live in with my phone flashing and my MUD games....
[EVO 4G General] AbsolutZeroGI:
I've got so many Nandroids backed up on my computer that to pass the time I just restore one every day or two. I'm running KES III right now and I'm happy with it...we'll see how long that lasts lol!

Just imagine the flurry of ridiculous this forum is gonna be when we get Gingerbread w/Sense this summer.

Myn, Mik, Koni, King, Vael and all our other sense devs are gonna be blowing the place up. I can't wait!!!
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
SInce I've had my Evo, I haven't gone more than 3 days withuut flashing something new. And I'e had them all, sense, Miui, The various CM Roms, but I've also settled on Koni III aqs my daily, until something new enough to catch my eye comes out.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I hope you're right. I fear we may lose some devs to the Evo3D, or some other devices that are soon to be released. If the devs stay, so will I. If they go to Evo3d, I will follow. I love messing around with my phone, and need a strong dev community to fill my unsatiable flashing needs.
[EVO 4G General] AbsolutZeroGI:
That's why I ditched my T-Mobile phones (G1 and MyTouch Slide). I wanted something with a little more options. There wasn't anything better than CM over there although I think they have Desire Z roms in the G1 forums now.

I hope we get some devs to stick around. My decision to get an Evo 3d will be based on who goes and who stays. I'm a huge fan of Aamikam (MikFroYo) and Konikub so if they split there's probably a good bet I will too. Unless they still develop for the Evo. I know many devs who did dev work for the G1 long after they upgraded so it's not out of the ordinary.

My fingers are crossed. If there's no one who can make that 2.3 w/sense update super sexy like they did 2.2 w/sense then it might be time to split.
[EVO 4G General] thegregbradley:
How come not ready for gingerbread? It's basically the same **** except for the cool lockscreen and the dope keyboard. Coming from being afraid of flashing ANY rom, I flashed Fresh in December, found it to be kinda buggy, then made the leap to CM7 right when RC1 came out, been HOOKED on it ever since. I'm on nightly 30 now and it's pretty dang stable. Make the leap, man :)
[EVO 4G General] igoth76:
I've tried a couple of Gingerbread roms and ran into the usual Sprint VVM problem. While it's no big deal to call voicemail instead of using the visual, the V30 error that pops up every so often is a pain in the butt. I don't suppose there is a rom out there that won't give me that problem? I've tried the fix's listed in different threads and they (for me) work for a few hours and then I'm right back to the error messages. I don't use most of the Sense stuff, so it seems pointless to stay on a rom full of it. I've flashed at least 1 new rom a day trying to find something....
[EVO 4G General] 2k4mach:
I havent flashed a rom in almost 2 months now, think ill go flash CM7 this evening though just to change things up a bit.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
There is a fix for that... lol.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982966&highlight=voicemail

I have gotten tired of flashing..
[EVO 4G General] loonert:
i have the same exact problem, it seems as if there is always a good rom! Sense is good but battery consuming, CM is good but not flashy enough, everything else i flash is either a theme or an enhancement. It never ends!!!!:mad:
[EVO 4G General] igoth76:
I've actually found one to stick with for a while. I haven't flashed in almost a whole day. Sense included and its not totally draining my battery. I'm on luv lol.
[EVO 4G General] loonert:
How did you manage to do that...is it your kernel, can you tell me which rom you are using because the only sense rom i like , myn warm two point two, is draining battery
[EVO 4G General] igoth76:
The last Evo rom I was on was Koni's Elite Series III. Even my husband switched to it. I've changed to an Epic now, so my search starts over.
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Streak 7 Stuck at Dell Logo

Formatted the System and Data and reflashed the system and boot.img files but now stuck at dell logo.

No power on key combination produces any other result.

Only have two options that I can think of.

1) Somehow boot from sd card

2) Get the nvida/tegra chipset sdk which I can't find a download for anywhere

Any other suggestions?
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
I posted it in the other thread
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Thanks, installing now. I called Dell and they are sending me a new one, but I would still like to resolve this so others don't have to do this.

Any tips on how to use this?
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
I am going to try the QDL tool that can be downloaded here: http://www.streakdroid.com/repairtool.zip

This may get me back up and running, we'll see. If so, I will post the procedure.

QDL is supposed to be a rom recovery utility that can communicate with the device in almost any scenario. Since ADB can see the device, I might have some luck.
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
Good luck
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
instead of going through all that just call dell.. play dumb and just say after the update you got stuck at the dell screen.. they will try to get it to boot in recovery but that wont work.. so then they will issue a warranty exchange.. and it's not a refirb they are sending.. it's the full retail package again :) I'm going to "forget" to send back the charger and have two.. I never send back the chargers to dell when I do a replacement.. so if they dont ***** about a $100 charger missing they wont ***** about a streak charger missing.. as a matter of fact with my old laptop I forgot to send the charger back and called them, they said "na, it's a minor part. Onky send it back if we contact you abaout it" They never did :)

But all this time you're doing all this.. you could have a new one on it's way to you with pretty much no questions asked.. just say you got the update.. it said it would reboot.. it rebooted and now youre stuck at the dell screen..
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
but it is worth it we might find better ways of not bricking or having this happen to others
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
So no luck with QDL tool yet, but I did read about other devices using the method 'Volume Up + Down + plug in USB'

When I tried this my computer recognized an APX device. Will see where this gets me if I can install the propper drivers.
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
i found them but have to find where i stored them or what os i downloaded them in but once you do you can setup the in flash but i am going to tell you know i did it all and the issue i came up wit that made me give up was the bootloader.bin which you will have a hard time finding not unless one of the more talented people here can extract it for you the nvflash wont work properly it uses the the boatloader.bin to reflash the streak but i couldnt find it but i ended up getting my new one from dell after 3 or 4 days
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Ok, will wait on your search...

Found a driver that would install as NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver. Does that sound right?

I'm also in a bit over my head. From what I understand, I need to restore the boot image on the device. The NVFlash is for flashing the hardware ROM. In what way does/will that help me? Is the hardware ROM part of the boot and system images? Or is it seperate.

Thinking in PC terms, the rom would be the motherboard drivers/software and the System and Boot files would be like installing windows... Does this make sense?

Also, what is the ROM version on the Streak 7?
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
QDL tool is giving me this error:

ERROR[D10]: no com port found, not in dload mode.

Another question; are the boot, & system files considered "rom's" to NVFlash? Is it a matter of changing the extension to .rom?

OR, like I was assuming earlier, is the rom a totally different file?

Anybody there? I need to understand how this stuff relates to know what to troubleshoot for?
[Dell Streak 7] azados:
Dear ,

i need help ; i am going crazy with my dell streak 7

i have Dell Streak 7 - T Mobile version

and i have been messing with it ; i put clockwork mod recovery

any how i tried to install the updating yesterday from the dell official update and something went wrong and i am stuck in the clockwork mod ; however i starting messing it more so i chose every wipe in the menu , and after that i i messed more so i formatted everything ( i know that am an idiot by now )

but please i have little bit ignorance in such stuff ; so please can you help me !!!!!!

i tried connecting the device to the laptop win 7 x64 ; it shows me in the device manager that i have android mobile boot mod but again it shows me that i have portable devices ; and also i messed with the sd partition issue .

so i beg u all ; anyone help ..step by step ...am sorry for the trouble
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
Search and read before posting I made a thread just for this
[Dell Streak 7] azados:
Sir ,,

i swear i read more than 5 websites and i tried everything ...

i just reached to a point that my computer is not identifying the streak as fastboot and when i give the orders to flash it always give wating for device

and when i try to put the dell orginal 3 files on the external sdcard 2 and click back and restore ...nuthing happen as well ...

so please am kind of begginer in such stuff ; can u help

thank you
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
Read the threads there is a guide and also you cant flash a stock image with a custom recovery ....you need to search on these threads or my threads
[Dell Streak 7] azados:
am sorry sir ,

but i didnt get '' you cant flash a stock image with a custom recovery ....you need to search on these threads or my threads'' you have to excuse my ignorance ...can you explain to me more ..

thank you
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
That really doesnt matter you need to read the threads some loser just "made" a rom you can flash that might help you
[Dell Streak 7] azados:
am really sorry sir to bother you with my stupidity and my ignorance but please bare with me here ; isnt there a simple way to just flash my strea7 to orginal settings like it was 2.2 and i cant get the old normal fastmode ; note by that my streak is locked on t-mobile and i bought from amazon.com ; and i cant use the 3g cuz of that ; and this is my first time i am using andriod system ..

i tried reading alot of this but still am not getting how to do ; so again am asking is there simple steps 1- 2- 3- ..and flash your streak 7 and get it back like it was ?

sorry for inncovince ..
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1006829
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Guess I'll just keep talking to myself ;) Anyway, if anyone has some suggestions, feel free to jump in.

So I have to use nvflash in DOS mode, no problem. BUT, (how) can I install the nvidia boot-recovery drivers in DOS mode? Starting to wish I had a linux box.

I managed to answer my earlier question about the ROM and correct me if I am wrong, but the rom is several files packed together INCLUDING the system, boot, etc.

Now is this just a standard zip file? I have my CWM backup, can I zip that and give it a .rom extension?

Hey guys, I realize my situation is bad and that I am a newb, but I did want to thank you all for your help. Without these forums we would all be lost.